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Ambrosine Phillpotts
Ambrosine Phillpotts (13 September 1912 – 12 October 1980) was a British actress of theatre, TV, radio and film. ''The Times'' wrote, "She was one of the last great stage aristocrats, a stylish comedienne best known for playing on stage and screen a succession of increasingly 'grandes dames' with an endearing mixture of Edwardian snobbery and eccentric absent-mindedness". Partial filmography * '' This Man Is Mine'' (1946) - Lady Daubney * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) - Lady Fielding * '' The Franchise Affair'' (1951) - Miss Spence * '' Happy Go Lovely'' (1951) - Lady Martin * '' Mr. Denning Drives North'' (1952) - Miss Blade * ''Angels One Five ''Angels One Five'' is a 1952 British war film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, John Gregson, Cyril Raymond and Veronica Hurst. Based on the book ''What Are Your Angels Now?'' by Pelham G ...'' (1952) - Mother at Party (uncredited) * '' Stolen Face'' (1952) - Miss Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ooh… You Are Awful
''Ooh... You Are Awful'' (U.S. title: ''Get Charlie Tully'') is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Dick Emery, Derren Nesbitt, Ronald Fraser and Cheryl Kennedy. It was written by John Warren and John Singer. It is a feature-length adaptation of ''The Dick Emery Show'' (BBC TV, 1963–1981). It was Emery's sole starring film. Plot Conmen Charlie Tully and Reggie Peek have successfully conned a couple of Italian men, and are making an easy escape with £500,000. Flushed with success, Tully is unable to resist running a "quick and easy" con on a passing American tourist, but Tully is arrested. While Tully is imprisoned, Peek manages to escape and deposits the £500,000 in a Swiss bank account. Peek meets Tully on his release, intending to give him the bank account number. But Peek has been having an affair with the sister of London crime lord Sid Sabbath, and his reunion with Tully is cut short when Peek is murdered, on the orders of Sabbath. Peek has l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duke Wore Jeans
''The Duke Wore Jeans'' is a 1958 British comedy musical film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Tommy Steele, June Laverick and Michael Medwin. The screenplay was by Norman Hudis who also wrote Steele's first film ''The Tommy Steele Story''. Plot The only son of the poor but aristocratic Whitecliffe family is to be sent to the nation of Ritalla in order to sell the family's cattle to upgrade the nation's livestock. As a side benefit, his parents hope he will marry the King's only daughter, Princess Maria. Unknown to his family, Tony is already secretly married to a commoner. Fate intervenes when drifter Tommy Hudson, who is the identical likeness of Tony, comes to the Whitecliffe estate to seek work. Tony engages Tommy to impersonate him on his trip to Ritalla accompanied by Cooper, the family's only servant. Tommy and Cooper travel to Ritalla where Tommy pretends to be Tony. The princess refuses to meet him because she does not want to get married. Meanwhile, Prime Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diamonds On Wheels
''Diamonds on Wheels'' is a 1973 British family comedy film directed by Jerome Courtland and starring Peter Firth, Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Derek Newark, George Woodbridge and Barry Jackson. It was written by Pierre Castex and William R. Yates. Plot Diamond thief Billy double-crosses his gang and drives off with the proceeds of a robbery but is killed when his car crashes. Subsequently Robert Stewart, his sister Susan and his friend Charlie find the wrecked car and use one its seats for a new sports car they are building, unaware of the stolen diamonds hidden in its lining. They enter the car in a 24-hour rally and Mercer, the gang's leader, sends his henchmen to retrieve the diamonds from the car. Cast * Peter Firth as Robert "Bobby" Stewart * Patrick Allen as Insp. Cook * George Sewell as Henry Stewart *Derek Newark as Mercer * Dudley Sutton as Finch * Barry Jackson as Wheeler * Christopher Malcolm as Jock * Richard Wattis as Sir Hilary Stanton * Allan Cuthbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follow Me! (1972 Film)
''Follow Me!'' (U.S.title: ''The Public Eye'') is a 1972 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Mia Farrow, Topol and Michael Jayston. Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1962 play ''The Public Eye'', the picture marks Carol Reed's last completed film. The score was composed by John Barry and the film was edited by Anne V. Coates. Plot Set in London, it is the story of Charles, a successful but rather stuffy businessman, who meets and marries Belinda, a free-spirited American woman. After a time, he believes she is having an affair because she spends long hours away from home during the day. Charles hires a private detective to follow his wife. Belinda becomes aware that she is being followed, and the detective realises she has found out. However rather than abandoning the case, the detective begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with the complicity of the wife. The detective finally informs Charles that his wife never had an affair, and merely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berserk!
''Berserk!'' is a 1967 British horror-thriller film directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors and Judy Geeson. The screenplay was written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel. ''Berserk!'' marked Crawford's penultimate feature-film appearance. Plot Monica and Albert own a travelling circus that tours England. Monica is ringmistress, and Albert is business manager. During one performance, tightrope walker Gaspar the Great dies when his rope breaks. Police believe someone tampered with it, but they cannot say who. Monica predicts Gaspar's death will yield great publicity and bigger audiences. Albert is shocked by her insensitivity. He asks her to buy out his share of the circus, but she is unable. Instead, she replaces Gaspar with daring, handsome tightrope artist Frank Hawkins. He is renowned for performing his act over a carpet of sharp bayonets without a net. Monica is impressed. Shortly afterwards, Albert is found murdered. The troupe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life At The Top (film)
''Life at the Top'' is a 1965 British drama film, a production of Romulus Films released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was by Mordecai Richler, based on the 1962 novel '' Life at the Top'' by John Braine, and is a sequel to the film '' Room at the Top'' (1959). It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and produced by James Woolf, with William Kirby as associate producer. The music score was by Richard Addinsell and the cinematography by Oswald Morris. The film's art director, Edward Marshall, received a 1966 BAFTA Award nomination. The film stars Laurence Harvey, once again playing Joe Lampton, with Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman and Michael Craig. Four actors reprised their roles from ''Room at the Top'': Harvey, Donald Wolfit, Ambrosine Phillpotts and Allan Cuthbertson. Background In '' Room at the Top'', Joe Lampton's escape from his working-class background through his seduction of, and marriage to, the daughter of a wealthy mill owner had been portrayed. Ten years on, Joe i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carry On Cabby
''Carry On Cabby'' is a 1963 British comedy film, the seventh in the series of thirty-one ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). Released on 7 November 1963, it was the first to have a screenplay written by Talbot Rothwell (although the first screenplay "Tolly" submitted to Peter Rogers was developed as '' Carry On Jack'') from a story by Dick Hills and Sid Green (script writers for Morecambe and Wise). Regulars Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are all present. Liz Fraser makes her third appearance (and last for more than a decade) and both Bill Owen and Esma Cannon make their final (and in both cases, fourth) appearances. This was the first film in the series to feature ''Carry On'' regular Jim Dale, and the first not to feature Kenneth Williams in the cast. Williams turned down the role of Allbright due to what he considered an inferior script. The part was scaled down, and given to Norman Chappell. ''Carry On Cabby'' was originally planne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raising The Wind (1961 Film)
''Raising the Wind'' (US: ''Roommates'') is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser, Eric Barker and Sid James. The storyline, screenplay and musical score of the film were by Bruce Montgomery. ''Raising the Wind'' uses a cast of actors drawn from the '' Carry On'' and ''Doctor'' films that were popular at the time, although it is not an official member of either series. It is set in an elite music school. The title is typical British comedy double entendre of the period: normally connected to the act of belching, but here also referring to the woodwind section of an orchestra. Synopsis Mervyn, Malcolm, Alex, Miranda and Jill are music students at the (fictional) London Academy of Music and the Arts. They decide to share a flat to pool their meagre grants and to find a place to practise. They suffer the put-downs of the acerbic Sir Benjamin Boyd, who conducts the student orchestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carry On Regardless
''Carry On Regardless'' is a 1961 British comedy film, the fifth in the series of 31 ''Carry On'' films (1958–1992). The film revolves loosely around the activities of a job agency, 'Helping Hand', run by Sid James's character, Bert Handy. By now a fairly regular team was established with Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims and Kenneth Williams all having appeared in previous entries. Hattie Jacques – who was also a regular – makes a cameo appearance during a hospital scene. "Professor" Stanley Unwin appears in a guest role, playing his trademark "gobbledegook" speaking act. It was the final appearance in the series for early regular Terence Longdon. Liz Fraser made her debut and appeared in a further three ''Carry On'' films. The film was followed by '' Carry On Cruising'' (1962). Plot Down at the local labour exchange, everyone moans about the lack of decent jobs. Nearby, Bert Handy and his secretary Miss Cooling attempt to fill vacancies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor In Love
''Doctor in Love'' is a 1960 British comedy film, the fourth of the seven films in the ''Doctor'' series, directed by Ralph Thomas and starring James Robertson Justice and Michael Craig. It was the first film in the series not to feature Dirk Bogarde, although he did return for the next film in the series '' Doctor in Distress''. It was loosely based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Richard Gordon. Plot Dr Richard Hare is a recently graduated medical intern at St Swithins Hospital. When his new romantic interest, nurse Sally Nightingale, suddenly leaves the hospital, he is devastated. He also leaves after being offered a job in private practice. But when his senior partner, Dr Cardew, has to visit California for a few months, Hare is left in charge. He is joined by Dr Tony Burke who proceeds to airily order expensive equipment that the practice cannot afford but leaves the practice after breaking an arm. Dr Nicola Barrington joins the practice and Hare is suddenly in l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expresso Bongo
''Expresso Bongo'' is a 1958 West End musical and a satire of the music industry. It was first produced on the stage at the Saville Theatre, London, on 23 April 1958. Its book was written by Wolf Mankowitz and Julian More, with music by David Heneker and Monty Norman, also the co-lyricist with Julian More. The production starred Paul Scofield with Hy Hazell, Millicent Martin and James Kenney. Musical director was Burt Rhodes and director William Chappell. Film version The subsequent ''Expresso Bongo'' 1959 film version was directed by Val Guest and starred Laurence Harvey and Cliff Richard, the latter's second musical film, after '' Serious Charge''. Plot Paul Scofield played Johnny, a slimy, small-time music promoter and talent scout who notices teenage girls going crazy for the singing and bongo playing of talentless and seemingly idiotic Herbert Rudge (played by James Kenney). Johnny rechristens Rudge as "Bongo Herbert" and signs him to a contract that give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |